Media/society : industries, images, and audiences. /
David Croteau, William Hoynes.
- Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Pine Forge Press, 1997.
- xix, 344 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-331) and index.
Contents: Media/society: Media and the social world -- Production: the media industry and the social world: The Economics of the media industry -- Political influence on media -- Media organizations and professionals -- Content: media representations of the social world: Social inequality and media representation -- Media and ideology -- Audiences: meaning and influence: Media influence and the political world -- Active audiences and the construction of meaning -- Media technology and social change -- Globalization and the future: Media in a changing global culture --
0803990650 (acidfree paper)
96045372
Mass media--Social aspects--United States. Mass media--Political aspects--United States.